DEAR READERS
The June issue celebrates pride, so we’ve placed a focus on gender-affirming care.
I spoke to experts Dr Natasha Berridge and Dr Joelle Rotsaert, both of whom have a strong commitment to this area, about the value of injectables in supporting gender affirmation and identity.
In an excellent piece titled Beyond the Binary, Kimberley Cairns, Dr Brendan J Dunlop and Alexis Caught bring a multidisciplinary perspective, highlighting the opportunities within aesthetic medicine to enhance wellbeing, strengthen patient relationships and improve outcomes for LGBTQ+ people.
We also take a look back at the success of Aesthetic Medicine London 2026 and the Aesthetic Medicine Awards. This year’s event and awards were the best yet, and that is all thanks to you. Don’t forget to check out all of our wonderful winners.
For our clinic profile and cover story, former editor Anna Dobbie sits down with Dr Rita Rakus to discover how she became known as ‘The London Lip Queen’ and a titan of the UK aesthetics sector.
In this issue, we also celebrate three years of Women in Aesthetic Medicine (WIAM). Founder Dobbie speaks to our WIAM board about how far we have come — and how far we still have to go.
As always, thank you to our brilliant contributors, and to you, our readers, for your continued support and inspiration.
Warm wishes,
Kezia Parkins Editor, Aesthetic Medicine Magazine